Safety-faucet.



W. J. CLARKE.

SAFETY FAUOET.

APPLIOATION rum JUNEB, 1911 To all whom it may concern.

mean srnras WALTER J. QEIAEKE, Oh" SAN FRisN-GISGO, CALHOIENIA.

SAFETY-FAUCET.

Be it known that I, WALTER J. GLARKE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented newand useful Improvements in Safety-Faucets,of which the following is a specification.

. readily applied to tanks and cans for containing gasolene and thelike, which faucet will not open in case the can is upset and fromwhich. faucet all packing glands are eliminated.

The invention consists of the parts and r the combination andconstruction of parts. as hereinafter more fully described and claimedhaving reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is alongitudinal seot-ion'of the faucet showing its application to acontainer. Fig. 2 is a section of the faucet body. Fig. 3 is an end viewof the same. Fig. 4 is a detail of the springs. Fig. 5 is an end view ofthe entire device. Fig. 6 is asection of the flange. Fig. 7 is an endview of the same. Fig. 8 represents details of the sealing lid. Fig. 9represents details of the valve. 10 represents details of the operatingkey.

Fig. 11 is a detail of the conical plug.

tainer, which may tank or can, or other conbe either of the horizontalor of the vertical type as here shown.

A represents a 2 is a flange which isbolted, or otherwise suitablysecured to the can and on to whichflange the body 3 of the faucet isadapted to be screwed.

4; is a spout. I

5 is the valve seat for the valve 6, and 7 1s a chamber in the outer endof the faucet body'forming ahousing for the key 8, the plug!) andspringlt). Valve 6 has a stem 11 sliding in the spider-guides 12 inflange 52.

13 is a spring cperative to keep the valve 6 normally closed against itsseat Valve 6 has a hollow or tubular stem portion projecting into thespout passage, and in axial line with a reduced bore 15 of the faucetbody. Into this hollow or tubular portion 14, the inner end of the key 8tits and v Specification of 'ictt'ers Yatent. Application filed June 8,1911. serial li'o. 632,018.

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is guided. flhe key 8 has an expanded cylindrical portion 16 between itsends normally fitting and closing the passage 15 in the body 3.

17 is a. chamber 1 may be sealed, as indicated at 18, and the keyprotected against being tam-v pered with. I

in operation the cover 17 is unlocked and .lifted and the key 8 pushedin until it strikes the bottom of the cavity in the tubular projection14: to open the valve 6 whereupon the liquid can flow out of the spout.-At the same time that the key is pushed in the coni- ,cal plug 9, whichhas a snug s liding fit on the key stem is carriedforward intoitsconical seat at the reduced end of the chamber 7,

so as to prevent the liquid spurting out into chamber 7 around the key;spring mallowmg for a limited movement of the key in wardly to open thevalve after the plug 9 is fully seated. On the release of pressure onthe key 8 the combined action of the spring 13 and the liquid pressurein the tank closes valve 6 snug on its seat 5, and the spring 10retracts the key so that it is normally out of operative engagement withthe valve. Whenhinged s ealing cap by which the ever the cover 17 isclosed down over the key and locked-the tank can be turned up side down,or rolledover without any liability of the valve being openef. orunseated. Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent isv 1. In a faucet the combination of acylindrical body, one end shaped to form a housingfor a key, the otherendshaped to pro- ,yide a valve seat. a spout between the ends, a valvefitting said seat androntrolling discharge to said spout,-a key in saidhousing operative on the valve, and aplug and a seat therefor, said plug being loosely mounted on the key and adapted to prevent the liquidfrom entering operated to open the valve.

2. The combination with a can, of a flange said housing when the key isfaucet body having a separate for the plug and independent springs oneupon the valve {1nd the other upon the plug and both yieldable in thesame direction 5 whereby the plug" is seated when the valve isWitnesses:

my handin the presence-0f two subscribing wltnesses.

WALTJR J. CLARKE.

) unseated.

J. W. BECKER, In testlmony whereof I have .nereumo s CHARLIE? Ham 3 m N.

